The Road Not Taken 2018

The Road Not Taken 2018

The Road Not Taken 2018

The Road Not Taken 2018
Wei ze zhi lu (original title)
1h 53min | Comedy, Crime, Drama | 21 September 2018 (USA)

Storyline:

In the depths of western China’s Gobi Desert, Yong (Wang Xuebing) operates a dilapidated ostrich farm, which is the last throw of the dice for him as he tries to win back his ex-wife and repair his life. One day, Mr. Wu (Wang Xufeng) comes looking for a debt to be repaid. When Yong can’t come up with the money, Wu leaves a lonely little boy (Zhu Gengyou) behind, telling Yong to look after him. Suspecting his ex-wife might be considering another marriage, Yong can only take the boy along as he goes to find her. In three days crossing the Gobi, they meet a sad and depressed female trucker Mei (Ma YiLi), and the three lonely people become a pseudo-family.More people join the action and the relationship between Yong and the boy is constantly tested and evolving over this journey. In the end, through these series of random encounters, every person embarks on their own path of no return.

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Murderous Children 2018

Murderous Children 2018

Murderous Children 2018

Murderous Children 2018
Niños Asesinos (original title)
1h 52min | Drama, Thriller | 2018 (Mexico)

Storyline:

Murderous Children presents 4 files, 4 real stories of criminal children. The story begins in a reformatory where the most overwhelming and moving stories are gathered, showing the storms and abuses faced by children who have known abandonment, torture, rage and human disorder. Four lives that converge in the most culminating point to murder. Tweety and Cat: two teenagers who dispute their destinies in the world of drugs and human trafficking. Gerardo and Pablo: their proposal will be strong to push the people that they love the most. Carlos and Miguel: will take their inner grudges towards the most perverse. And Mariano: will have an opportunity to discover what is better? ¿kill or love?. Rather than showing a monstrous and ruthless society, it shows its most intimate, most innocent and illusive side, fractured at the most precise moment to become that they were so close to: Murderous Children. Killer children presents the most overwhelming and moving stories that show the storms, abuse and abuse faced by children who have known the abandonment, torture, rage and human disorder of the people with whom they have lived and loved. Their stories tell us the journeys, the decadence and the ruptures that have been taken to the limit of their control, the social events that have led our childhood to destroy that innocence, passing that thin thread between the illusion to become the evil and the absolute perversion. This saga not only narrates the cruelty in its reality and hopelessness, but also for the darkness of the lives portrayed, which rather than showing a monstrous and ruthless society, shows its most intimate, most innocent and hopeful side, fractured at the most precise moment the childhood.

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Angus 1995

Angus 1995

Angus 1995

Angus 1995
PG-13 | 1h 30min | Comedy, Drama | 15 September 1995 (USA)

Storyline:

Angus is a large, pathetic 14 year old whose thoughts are most often filled with the image of one Melissa Lefevre. Angus is shy and thinks that he has no chance of ever ‘getting’ her. Being especially uncool, he is incredibly surprised (along with the rest of the school) that he is chosen to dance with her at the Winter Ball. The only one not surprised is the cool-kid who set him up to fail, but Angus’ best friend is going to help him win the heart of Melissa by developing a new look for him.

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Cool Kids Don’t Cry 2014

Cool Kids Don't Cry 2014

Cool Kids Don’t Cry 2014

Cool Kids Don’t Cry 2014
Kule kidz gråter ikke (original title)
1h 40min | Drama, Family, Sport | 10 January 2014 (Norway)

Storyline:

After an accident at school, the teenage-girl Anja must battle cancer while participating in summer camp, preparing for a soccer tournament and dealing with boys.

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War 2014

War 2014

War 2014

War 2014
Chrieg (original title)
Not Rated | 1h 46min | Drama | 28 April 2016 (Germany)

Storyline:

The whole world is against Fifteen-year-old Matteo. He has no friends and his parents seem to live in a different universe. One night his parents send him to a remote alp, where he is forced to spend the summer working hard. When Matteo arrives on the alp, a surprise awaits him.

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Dust 2018

Dust 2018

Dust 2018

Dust 2018
Dòst (original title)
Drama | TV Movie 27 October 2018

Storyline:

The short drama film Dòst tells the tough coming of age process of best friends Alko and Björn in a small rural village community. Between agricultural weekend work and partying, dealing with other adolescent boys and girls, one kiss can make a big difference. The urge to fit in, to uphold image, and peer pressure makes the boys both having to make choices that will affect their friendship.

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Bark Ranger 2015

Bark Ranger 2015

Bark Ranger 2015

Bark Ranger 2015
PG | 1h 30min | Family | 14 April 2015 (USA)

Storyline:

Two kids and a trusty dog, Ranger (Jon Lovitz), stumble across a treasure map while playing in an abandoned ranger station. They set out on the adventure of a lifetime in search of a forgotten gold mine, but things take a turn for the worst when they come across a pair of bumbling crooks hiding out from the police.

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